Subj : Re: Dependecies where does it stop
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Atreju
Date : Thu Oct 28 2004 04:33 pm

Aaaargh

[root@srv00005 root]# yum install spamassassin
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - core
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - freshrpms
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
..Package spamassassin-tools needs perl-Mail-SpamAssassin = 2.61-3, this is 
not available.


"Atreju" <atreju@xs4all.nl> wrote in message 
news:4180f164$0$142$e4fe514c@dreader9.news.xs4all.nl...
> Thanx Jason
>
> Found out you can just do a <yum update> command
>
> btw you can even do yum install spamassassin
>
> tata
>
> "Jason Stewart" <kahuna_74@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:slrnco1p0h.qff.kahuna_74@mis3c.rtl.lan...
>> In article <4180cb36$0$1327$e4fe514c@dreader20.news.xs4all.nl>, Atreju 
>> wrote:
>>> I'm very new with Linux but trying to get around...
>>>
>>> I'm trying to install spamassasin onto my webserver which runs fedora. 
>>> Is it
>>> normal that you have to install all dependecies and where does this 
>>> story
>>> stop for example...
>>> for spamassasin.rpm ... you need
>>> perl which needs
>>> libdb-4.2 which needs
>>> libstdc++.so
>>
>> Ah, yes. RPM hell...
>>
>>> Is there a work around or what should seem logically a tot rpm package 
>>> for
>>> i.e. spamassasin??
>>>
>>> Every help is more then welcome
>>
>> Look into installing apt or yum. These package managers will install all
>> of the dependencies for you.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason
>
>

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